Daily Kos hate website sent out an email to 8,500 Michigan democrats yesterday to vote for Rick Santorum in the open primary elections today.
Via @jmartpolitico
The 8500 MI’anders on Daily Kos email list got note today: “Please vote for Rick Santorum…”
Republican Rick Santorum is also asking democrats for their vote today in a robocall.
The Detroit News reported:
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum hopes Michigan Democrats can help him earn a victory in Tuesday’s primary.
That’s right. The former Pennsylvania senator’s campaign paid for a robocall asking Democrats to vote for him in Tuesday’s primary.
Recent polls show chief rival and Michigan native Mitt Romney and Santorum virtually even heading into the primary.
“We know that if we can get a Reagan Democrat in the primary, we can get them in the fall,” said Hogan Gidley, communications director for Santorum. He confirmed the campaign paid for the call.
Political observers say the move is just another sign of how close the GOP race is — and a “logical ploy.”
As Santorum has done during numerous Michigan visits the past two weeks, the call attacked Romney’s stance on the auto bailouts, saying the former Massachusetts governor’s opposition “was a slap in the face” to Michigan workers, according to audio obtained by online political news outlet Talking Points Memo.
Santorum also opposed the auto bailout, but said his consistent stance against all bailouts, including the Wall Street bailout, sets him above Romney.